SA4QE 2014 - John Hand - Melbourne, Australia
4qating is 4weirdos. And I love it. On the 4th of February this year, I saw a band at an ex-Convent here in Melbourne: Kurt Vile and The Violators. Vile is from Landsdowne, Philadelphia, which is not the same as Russ' hometown of Lansdale, Philadelphia. On the night I thought it was, however, and so it felt great to 4qate at the gig. I think a few drunk hipsters made notes in their phones.
My sobre 4qating focused on Fitzroy and Collingwood, Melbourne suburbs full of weirdo arty types who stop to read everything posted/painted/stencilled, and gentrifying yuppie types who don't stop for anything. It felt like a place where Russ could find an audience, and the audience would find him.
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Where are we? I said.
In the black.
This isn't black, it's red.
Sometimes the black is red.
From 'The Raven'. I posted/pasted this 4qation around the place 10-15 times.
[Angelica:] 'What's this got to do with my
reality problems?'
[Psychoanalyst:] 'I have in mind your
fascination with sexual
intercourse with animals.'
[Angelica:] 'Only my hippogriff, and he's
imaginary.'
I thought this one might be a bit risqué for a family friendly site (and I always 4qate responsibly), but I love it for Angelica's frank weirdness, which Russ tapped into so masterfully. Really, it's this kind of storytelling that reminds us - to steal a great phrase...from where, I forget - to live imagination, rather than to imagine life. Thanks, Russ.